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Solar energy is the main driver of natural processes on the Earth surface. It is an important input parameter into environmental, ecological and risksimulation models as the energy budget at the land surface and depends on the terrain. Vegetation biodiversity, and biomass production are also related to the radiation input.
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Šúri, M., Huld, T., Dunlop, E.D., Hofierka, J. (2007). Solar Resource Modelling for Energy Applications. In: Peckham, R.J., Jordan, G. (eds) Digital Terrain Modelling. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36731-4_11
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